Second Patient Accuses Delco Chiropractor Of Groping Breasts

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — A Delaware County chiropractor is facing more allegations of groping a patient after he was charged with indecent assault last week when a patient accused him of groping her breasts.

The Delaware County District Attorney's office said Ardel Cirio, 61, of Springfield, has been charged with indecent assault after a longtime patient claimed he groped, licked, and kissed her breasts.

A patient of Cirio, a chiropractor with a practice at 17 Bishop Hollow Road, Suite A, in Newtown Township, told Newtown Township Police she had been seeing him for treatment for 22 years and in July 2020 began to feel uncomfortable during her visits, according to the criminal complaint filed against him.

She told police Cirio would brush his hands across her breasts and then in September 2020 he began using oils and lotions to massage her naked breasts, which was not a practice he did during her 22-year history with him, police said.

She later attempted to find chiropractic practices justifying the alleged actions via Google search from July 2020 to October 2020, police said.

Then, police said between October 2020 and November 2020 he started putting the woman in a new position during her visits. He would lift her shirt and bra up, move her head so she could not see what he was doing then she reported feeling his hands on breasts and also the feeling of someone licking or kissing her breasts.

Police said that continued until her last visit on March 11.

Cirio was charged with indecent assault in a separate incident on March 8, in which a woman accused Cirio of reaching under her clothes and bra then feeling both of her breasts while doing a shoulder adjustment.

The woman left Cirio's office and reported the incident to police that day.

The DA's office said Cirio was arrested at his home on March 15 and released on $100,000 unsecured bail.

Anyone who is or has been a patient of Cirio and believe that they have been subjected to inappropriate or unlawful conduct by him are asked to contact Newtown Township Police Department Detective Sergeant John Newell at 610-356-0602.